ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ON CONTRACT
Mob :9747893801
Email :anishsw@gmail.com
Date of Joining :28/12/2020
Qualification :M.A, M.Phil.
From September 2012 to August 2014. Senior Research Assistant with the project, New Directions in the Study of Prayers granted by SSRC, New York to Dr.P.Sanal Mohan of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.
1. History of Christian Missions
2. Colonial Modernity
3. Regional Studies
NATIONAL LEVEL
1. “Nations and Nationalism”, @ Two-Day National Seminar, “Nation, Democracy and Dissent: Critical Reflections” conducted by Post-Graduate Department of Political Science, Government College Kottayam on 12th and 13th December 2018.
2. “Democracy and Modernity: A Historical Enquiry” @ Two-Day National Seminar, “Democracy and Citizenship: Reflections on Contemporary India” conducted by Post-Graduate Department of Political Science, Government College Kottayam on 21st and 22nd November 2017.
3. “Imaginations of Modernity” @ Two-Day National Seminar, “Modernity, Democracy and Social Justice: Some Reflections” conducted by Post-Graduate Department of Political Science, Government College Kottayam on 29th and 30th November 2016.
REGIONAL LEVEL
1. “Public Life of Nationalism” @ Erudite-Scholar-in-Residence Programme & National Seminar on “Problematic of Nation-state: Evolving Regionalities and Articulations” conducted by BPC College, Piravom from 09th to 12th February 2018.
2. “Representation in Sri Mulam Popular Assembly of Travancore” @ One-Day State Level Seminar, “Parliamentary Democracy in India: Issues Concerning Representation, Legislation and Integration organised by Post-Graduate Department of Political Science, Government College Kottayam on 16 March 2016.
INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED
1. Interview (along with Chandran Komath) with Nick Ut, world renowned photo journalist, for Pachakuthira Monthly, April 2018.
BOOKS REVIWED
1. Devaki Nilayamgode, Antharjanam: Memoirs of a Namboodiri Woman, translated by Indira Menon and Radhika P. Menon. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2011 in Indian Journal of Gender Studies, vol. 20, 2: pp. 362-364.
2. K. Ravi Raman, Global Capital and Peripheral Labour: The History and Political Economy of Plantation Workers in India, London and New York: Routledge, 2010 in Labour and Development, Vol. 19, No. 2, December 2012.
3. J Devika, Engendering Individuals: The Language of Reforming in Early Twentieth Century Keralam. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2007 in Contributions to Indian Sociology, vol.42,No.1,2008. Papers Presented/Participated in Seminars/Workshops.
TRANSALATION & TRANSCRIPTION WORKS
1. Pachakuthira Monthly. March 2020. Transcription and Translation from English to Malayalam as “Kalakarante Pourathwa Prasnangal” (Interview of Nandita Das by Vivek Tejuja), pp.16-22.
2. Pachakuthira Monthly. February 2020. Transcription and Translation from English to Malayalam as “Ivarkku Bharanaghatana Ariyilla” (Interview of Kabil Sibal by John Brittas), pp. 04-08;
3. Transcription and Translation of Ramachandra Guha from English to Malayalam as “Desasnehavum Theevra Desasnehavum”, pp.09-15;
4. Transcription and Translation of William Dalrymple from English to Malayalam as “Kollayadiyute British Charithram”, pp. 65-68.
5. Pachakuthira Monthly. October, 2019. Transcription and translation of Sashi Tharoor from English to Malayalam as “Adhinivesananthara Nagaravalkkaranam”, pp.24-27.